[Am-info] Multi-platform flaw affects most operating systems

[Fred A. Miller]

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Multi-platform flaw affects most operating systems

Security researchers have warned of a flaw in communications software
that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Mac
OS X and Unix-based operating systems, as well as those with Kerberos
authentication systems. The problem is widespread because it affects
some implementations of XDR (external data representation) libraries,
used by many applications as a way of sending data from one system
process to another regardless of the system's architecture. The
affected libraries are derived from Sun Microsystems' popular SunRPC
remote procedure call technology.

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-25.html

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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